New Orleans man killed mother with piece of cement, police say

NEW ORLEANS -- A 32-year-old man was arrested Sunday night for killing his mother by striking her in the face with a piece of cement, New Orleans Police Department spokesman Garry Flot told the Times-Picayune.

Leonard Nellum: Accused of killing his mother in New Orleans by striking her in the face with a piece of cement.Leanard Nellum argued with his 52-year-old mother about 8:20 p.m. in the 100 block of North Scott Street, during which he delivered the fatal blow, Flot said. The mother's identity has not been released.

First District officers responding to a call of a "female down" found the victim lying on the sidewalk with trauma to the head, he said. She was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics.

Nellum was transported to the Orleans Parish jail and booked with second-degree murder, Flot said.